Introduction to Jiuqu River

Jiuqu River is the mother river of Ziyang people. Cao Xuejian, a great scholar in the late Ming Dynasty and a Marquis of Fujian Province, had a special liking for the scenic spots and historic sites in Bashu when he was traveling to Sichuan as an official and participating in politics. On the one hand, he conducted on-the-spot investigations in various places, and on the other hand, he reviewed relevant literature and materials, and wrote "Records" for the 130 prefectures and counties that belong to Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guizhou today. The total title is "Records of Scenic Spots in Sichuan". The book uses 534 The words concisely introduce Ziyang's scenic spots related to history, monuments, cultural relics, poetry, etc. There is the following record about today's Jiuqu River: "Zixi River, two miles west of the city, lingers in Jiuqu and merges with Yanjiang River. Recently, a poem "Inscribed on Zixi Bridge" by Zhang Fang of the Song Dynasty was excavated. There is a sentence of "Zishui right-turning river merges" "Requoting the "Illustrated Book" again, it is said that Shutai Mountain, five miles south of Ziyang City, two or three miles away from the south bank of Jiuqu River, was once the place where Wang Bao, a great poet and poet in the Western Han Dynasty, studied and wrote. There are more than 20 inscriptions on it, " "The Holy Lord's Ode to the Wise Minister" is also among them.